Tale of Tales (2015 film)
Tale of Tales is a 2015 European fantasy horror film co-written, directed and co-produced by Matteo Garrone and starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, and John C. Reilly. It is based on a collection of fairy tales by Italian poet Giambattista Basile, titled Pentamerone. The three main tales that inspired the film are La Cerva Fatata, La Pulce, La Vecchia Scorticata. An Italian-led production with co-producers in France and the United Kingdom, Tale of Tales is Garrone's only English-language film. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Theatrical release poster
The King of Strongcliff's castle (the Castle of Roccascalegna in Abruzzo, southern Italy)
The Home of the King of Highhills and his daughter (Castel del Monte in Apulia, southeast Italy)
Francisco Goya's Capricho No. 54
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.
Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020